Big G, Coffee Machine and Goblin

Chapter 36 Throwing away trash

After Garcia left, Ma Li tidied up the trunk again and took stock of the supplies inside.

Most of the tools and spare parts are still there.

He had his G300p thoroughly serviced before setting off, and he had been driving carefully the whole way. So far, the car has traveled nearly 300 kilometers without any problems.

The few barrels of diesel fuel he carried were his most important resource, and he never unloaded them. After deducting the consumption along the way, he still had more than 400 liters left, which means that he lost almost all of his food and water this time.

Of the 75L of purified water, only 12L remained in the car, a loss of almost 50L; two boxes of canned fruit were missing; and a large bag of compressed biscuits was also gone.

Stealing food is understandable, but taking away a full 100 kilograms of purified water is a bit too unusual.

Therefore, Ma Li never considered the villagers from the beginning. In addition, after asking Garcia and others and finding that their chocolate had also disappeared, he had some guesses in his mind.

Does this mean that things inside the red mist cannot exist outside the red mist for long?

However, this doesn't explain why the G300p and the supplies on it didn't disappear along with it.

His backpack, windbreaker, and hiking boots, which he carried in the city, were all in good condition.

While the possibility that "things inside the red fog may randomly disappear outside the red fog" cannot be ruled out, Ma Li still tends to believe that if the disappearance phenomenon does exist, there should be a pattern to it.

So, what's the difference between the off-road vehicle and the items on his person and the supplies temporarily stored in Baimu Village?

Is it time?

No, all of these things were brought out of the red mist with him, so there was no difference in the time it took.

That's the location?
Indeed, in terms of distance, the supplies from Baimu Village were closest to Red Mist, and he drove his G300p back to Eagle Beak City on the way.

But this conclusion is actually somewhat counterintuitive; things closest to the red mist disappear, while those farther away are preserved.

Ma Li felt that he might have forgotten something, but he couldn't think of it for the time being.

The adventurer siblings and the kobolds were already starting a fire and cooking. After resting for a while and catching her breath, Renee came over to help.

As for Ciel, he led Solo to meet Leibtos, the captain of the militia. The monster hunters planned to gather their forces and enter the forest after dinner.

Because goblins are relatively weak in individual combat, they prefer to ambush prey in groups rather than engage in direct combat, using their numerical advantage to overwhelm their prey. Therefore, they tend to operate at night, and if they are outmatched, they can scatter in the darkness.

Solo naturally didn't intend to fight them at night. In fact, considering the travel time, if they set off after dinner, they could reach the Wolf Fang Tribe's lair by dawn.

We can launch an attack while those goblins are resting.

Solo didn't expect to wipe out all the goblins in the lair in one battle. These green-skinned dwarves were all opportunists; once they realized the enemy was too strong and they were no match for them, they would scatter and flee.

Therefore, the goal of this round of raids is to eliminate as many young and able-bodied goblins as possible from the tribe.

If all goes well, the chase will begin, and that's when Horton's keen nose will come in handy.

Solo's initial estimate was that the tribe would collapse if more than thirty goblins were killed, because even if the remaining goblins regrouped, they would not be strong enough to survive in the forest.

They'll most likely be eaten by other wild beasts, or if they're lucky, they might return to the depths of the forest and seek refuge with another goblin tribe. But that's none of Solo's business; he's already completed his quest, and Whitewood Village will at least be able to get through this winter safely.

Before everyone set off, Ma Li approached Xia Er again and gave her the remaining canned food and compressed biscuits, leaving her only enough for three days.

He'll have plenty of these things when he returns to Luoyang, and Ma Li has no intention of running between the two places.

This made the half-elf girl, who was born with a canned food head, very happy. Moreover, Mali's request was very simple: she just needed to find a place to throw away the empty bottles and tins after each can, and mark them properly.

Then when you come back, go back to those markers and see if they are still there.

In addition, Ma Li also gave her the can of bear spray and told the team members about the giant bear they had seen in the forest.

Even the well-informed Solo didn't know what it was. In his memory, the only bear-like monster larger than a bear was the Northern Wild Bear, but it was obviously impossible for it to appear in the Endless Forest. Shire and the others could only be on high alert.

After they left, Ma Li drove around the vicinity of Whitewood Village to throw away some small trash, noting the distance and time in his notebook. He then returned to the village to continue his academic exchange on alchemy with Levi.

For the next three days, he repeated this routine of driving around and chatting.

The two discussed not only alchemy, but also the customs, politics, and economy of the Duchy of Gardran and even the entire continent of Revatres.

Although Ma Li had discussed these things with Sharl, the half-elf girl was, after all, just a small hunter from a remote rural area. In terms of perspective, knowledge, and experience, she certainly couldn't compare to the vice dean of the Alchemy Department of the continent's No. 1 Magic Academy.

Even though Levi himself had little interest in politics and commerce and had been engrossed in the study of ancient alchemy for many years, being in the upper echelons of the capital and being influenced by what he saw and heard made him far more knowledgeable than most people.

In his youth, he even had contact with mysterious visitors from the distant western continent.

It was a group of Western merchants dressed in silk, traveling on an unprecedentedly large wooden ship.

Unlike the three-oared ships and sloops of the continent of Revatres, which can only sail in coastal waters, their ships are much larger and more robust, with their bows and sterns raised high, resembling crescent moons.

It is said that this design can better withstand wind and waves, and they even built several exquisitely designed small buildings on the deck.

The caravan's guards were a group of bald monks who didn't know magic, but they cultivated something called "qi".

The leader was a majestic dog-headed man with a huge, arched head covered in black hair. Only the two small parts above his eyes and his chin were yellowish-brown. He spoke in a loud, booming voice and could use tortoise shells for divination, navigating ships at sea.

They stayed in the deep-water port for about half a month, causing quite a stir, and were even summoned and entertained by the king.

However, they seemed to have other things to do. They exchanged some gold for the silk on the ship, replenished the fleet, and then hurriedly left again.

The old alchemist said that those guys from the Western Continent were always so mysterious. Their first visit to the continent of Revatres was 160 years ago, and due to the language barrier, it almost sparked a small war.

Fortunately, the misunderstanding was cleared up, and they would come every twenty or thirty years to do some trade. Some people even traveled to the Western Continent on their ships, where they lived for decades and wrote "The Golden Kingdom's Travelogue" and "The Nine Swords of Qi Sect".

The former can be considered a travelogue and has some research value, while the latter is purely a piece of street literature like a chivalric novel, full of the author's wild and imaginative fantasies.

In addition, with the establishment of shipping routes, some people from the western continent came to live here. However, in general, the people of the continent of Revatres still have a limited understanding of the other continent, and occasionally make some diplomatic mistakes.

(End of this chapter)